EARO is an autonomous government body of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia established to accomplish the following objectives:

• Generate, develop and adapt agricultural technologies that focus on the needs of the over all agricultural development and its beneficiaries.
• Coordinate research activities of agricultural research centers or higher learning institute and other related establishments which undertake agricultural research on contractual bases.
• Build up a research capacity and establish a system that will make agricultural research efficient, effective and based on development needs.
• Popularize agricultural research results.

 EARO is set up with an organizational structure that is appropriate to accomplish its duties. The structure is made up of the following major organs:

Ø               Board
Ø               Technical Advisory Council
Ø               Director General
Ø               Deputy Director generals (one for research and the
             other for administration)
Ø               Research Directorates and Coordination Offices
Ø               Research Centers
Ø               Research, Technical and Administrative Staff

Ø       Crop Research
Ø       Livestock Research
Ø      Soil and Water Research
Ø       Forestry Research
Ø       Dryland Agriculture Research
Ø      Socio-economics
Ø      Research Extension
Ø    Agricultural Biotechnology

Ø       Federal Research Centers
Ø       Regional Research Centers
Ø       Higher Learning Institutions

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Information Services
P.O. Box 2003
Tel. 251-1-462633
Fax: 251-1-461294
E-mail: iar@telecom.net.et